Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 30, Hammond, Lake County, 23 July 1919 — Page 1

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NCRI Leaders to Follow the Lead of 11. S. State Department. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! WASHINGTON, July 23. Congress will take no early action with respect to the Mexican situation. While ftni!".',i;t s'omed to be crystn'!;:.ir:g for deeisix e measures to end i "::t rag?s a-ainst. American citizens in M .: am! ni.tt.y i!-nib-rs were tie- , jr.andiiig use of the armed forces of the T.'n.ted Sr.ite s in a. general ch-an-up. the rs in eor.grt ss. it was learned to-, i.-. h.ie decided to follow for a while longer th" load of th" state department. J TOO WITH PSACE TEEATV. Thi re was to !... continued investiga-!--n of the Mexican situation, however. ; hit action was to be shifted from the ri'.rs romr.ii t t c e- the house foreign afi'airs committee. This decision was r'aeliel by the house rules committee f';:c.w.nj notice from the senate foreign r-'.utions committee that it could not Jr.r. with the house foreign affairs remnit tee in any joint inve ? tigat ion. Sena-t.-r Lodge said that the senate commitith the peace treaty j was too busy to take en ether work until that doeu-j r".r.t had been finally disposed of by the. F-r.dte. irT..TTi T-.-T . e"-rrL k ""TOW A a result P.-.-rresentativ Stephen ! t r i..1viv ,ni.J irmn f ; I 1.-1 LiI, '1 I I! U, t V v ..v. the house foreign a:':'iirs committee, to- j ?iy h,-d secured a pledge from the rule j committee to Jbstitute for the uou.J r-so.u'ion. which required an Investigation liv a ioint house and senate com-r-iMw a resolution for the invesMpatlon i ir.itV fnreicn rffairs committee fr.t, in the Could '. .....r.tinn t..,-.-i.r with sn Inouiry into: ft.,viM towards Ccrmarty And Austria-Hungary durit.s the voar. TO TAKE IIO HASTY STEP.' meres-i n i,i, ti,i, ,t.-.,Uw.n rrm-noi ro if rcf i i-nVr action in connection with Mexi- J can matters came to a standstill in the ; 1, todav. r.epr'sentative forter naa , l. ft f.,r his home in Pittsburgh and no Tne.-Mne of the !vuse foreign affair i,, .. sit v, hoUl bef,.re next week The house foreign affairs commi't is sai l to be pledged to Under Pecretary of State I-olk to "take no hasty step" In connection with Mexican questions, recently when polk went before the c '-, i'.iitfe. he outlined the Mexican sitt ,,n and the plans or me sxai deu i i i : . ional rematters par fit and pron.iseu auui : . ;- from time to time as fh,r,H develop in connection turbulent reruMic. with the j IM "111 CAUGHT ITH GOODS Evansville Politician Found in an Embarrassing Predicament. KVAXSVILLK. Ind. July 23. i fharlos F. Heilman. former mayor of l:ansiiie and one of tlie best known llepuh'icnr.s in tins city, was arrested ear'". esterdiy as he was coming in from Henderson, K twelve mib's be-. low here, and was found to have thirty s.:i-i.s e.f whisky in his automobile, which he sail was for his own use.

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He was reloaded without bond and . opposite to that of Cart. Benj. L. Lipsbis case will come up before Vnited 1 ... who appeared before the coroner's

f-at.-s Commissioner Hull a? soon as , th latter returns from his vacation. I TTei'.man is tlie son of th late II u Hf Iman. wealthy plow manu facturer, who represented the First Indiana district in congress for a number ef years. Heilnnn. since retiring from .h- mavor s office, has made two races for sheriff of Vandorburg county on the Per ubliean ticket, and in ISIS he ought . the Republican nomination for Con-j firess from the First district. He is charged wih violating the federal liquor laws and in the event that he is bound over by Commissioner Hull .;s case will come up before Federal Judge Andersen at Indianapolis. (BULLETIN.) i INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI MTJNCIE, Ind., July 23. Four lvun-fli-ed Btrliers in the Republic Iron i: Eteel Co.'s plant here, who demanded twenty per cent increase in day wa?es nnd ten per cent increase In plece.woik and an eight-hour day. today voted to return to work when effc-ed fifteen per cent raise in day wages and seven and a half per cea-; on piece-work and wen an cig-ht-hour day instead cf ten. Times news service is tne best that money can buy and honest effort can urnish.

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nsation Breaks In 'Blimp' Yarn i Dying Mechanician Said to ; Have Told Fearful Story of Responsibility. 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' t CHICAGO. July 23. The a'.ksvd "inoide story'- of the dirigible balloon disj astr Moinlay in which twelve persons j-verc kilted ar.d more than two cloze i injured, v. ill be til J to the coroners jury today by (."apt. Kcnj. r. Lipsner. j former surtrmn-ndtnt of the governI ment aerial mail service. Lipsner asj sorts the story was told him by Harry Waokir. of Cleveland, mechanician of i tlie blimp, whose death from Injuries ' he i-cteived in the fall Is expected. ! CAUSED BY EXPLOSION. Wackcr charges, aceordins t'"1 Capr. ; l.ipsnor. that the disaster was caused by an i ; K sion i:i the rotary cn;:nc oii j she i "ri side of the dirigible, flames frvn; a liack lire t. ins c. nimunicated ti the pas bafj. 1I: also aliepes that the dirigible was out f and that the crew had dis- ' cu;..si'l it before startins the fatal voy1 anc. Wuclier declares that Oirl Weaver, i v.i 'hnnicinn. who was killed, had im-pcr.'t-ct l.r.-iwledii'-. of aerial memos and ?ed t'o rich a mixture to the motor. ICOTC3S DIDN'T PTJNCTION. t Chief in lot Craft, V.'ackor says, rca- ( lrcd that the motors were not func- ; t.i jnir.gr properly and declined to continui- the flight, turning the blimp ovtr ' to .tohn Boettner. his assistant, who. j ! Vackcr assorts, did not know the city j rcr the porularities of the machine, j Bottner. Waeker says, pave no warning ' iff the explosion, although he was the ! st to leap to safety and the only m.-m- ; D cr ln- cr"w " ,io i-"-'" "j.ii. A erand jury probe or th disaster is , i to made in addition to the coroner s : j inquiry now in progress, according' to i sr.nouncement made Maclay iroyne. by State s Atty. j "If indictments are Justified they will be voted." Hoyne declared. j "W. C. Younjr. Goodyear Rubber Co.; manager, and Assistant Pilot Boettner j have refused to testify before the eoro-. rtr's jury I The death list from the disaster may; bo increased to fourteen, physicians said today as Mechanician ac,:er am Marcus C. Calb.py. an employe of th Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, who the blimp alighted, are reported to b -. : In a scrmus condition from tlioir In-! juries. Other Mctims of the disaster are expected to recover..

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L INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE CIIlo A' jU. July 2:1. Owners e f the ehriKible. .:.plode,l "Wingf t Kxprobs." which j ib.'vc th bus.ms.i district o. t'hicago Monday and fell through the (roof of the Illinois Trust Savings j I P.ank. killing twelve peetple and injuring i j more than a. score, were cleared of blame j f..r the dis.-'ster today by Col. Joseph C. Morrow, chief ot aviation lor t.-ie (einr.ii jg artniout of the United States army. I

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oroner's jury, testified ' ',U1 - j the oooriyear lire & uutt..-ie-o. c.jul.l n,,t he held responsible, lie I : made a trip in the dirigible a i-hort tune j j before it starts! its f ttal flight. j "loll may w t-ure i.i-k , ...-,ue - ; thcrouth inspeetion o! tlie i.r:sn'ie- nei fore I went up in her," said Col. Mor row. t r ;-o. ttot t.it tirrtt:v

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! tu-r There seemed nothing wrong with the, b ig or the engines at the time the trip started. As for Jack r.oettner, !. piol.-t, he is most competent and I observed nothing wrong with hi handline of the dirigible The engines. have been harsHy criticized, were 'loaned, to the Goodyear f.rm by th- . Cnited States government." i r-,i Morrow's testimony was directly , ari told the "inside torv' of the !,i .t as r-.-latcd to him by Harry d5astcr as r-.-latcd to Waeker of Cleveland, a mechanic who is near death from injuries sustained when the blimp fclh ATTACKED BY BANDITS I I Martin Llezwick. 221 Hickory street, Hammond, has a nasty gash aercss the ! back of his head and Jb. number of other i ni hr-iis tohav as a result of I - which he received at I : rl eveiT; the hands of holdups last mgm. Liezwick was on his way home and hqd reached the Misko garage at Huehn n,l Calumet when an automobil beartnc- three tiin stopp-d beside him One man sprang to his side and thrust a gun to his head. Another searched him and found only SI. 3". Fvidently angered by their small Jir.nl. the fellows beat him about the head with 'heir guns until he was nearly unconscious.: They then ei tered their machine and drove rapid.y awav south on Calumet avenue. The matter was at once rerort-d to the Hammond red ice but as yet no trace has been found of the men. A e you reading Ihi Times?

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Ti' --4r" ."V - V " M Miss Ina Courtney, above; Miss Mae , Dohkin. center, and Mi.ss Mary Sullivan, below. ELECTED MAYOR Tfl CIIDTIO ncrv IU I Uill Fake Fight'swindle Gang's Methods Revealed by Authorities. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind . July 23 The ; Munei.j lake fiuht swindle gang recent!;.- a fraiimed m federal court here,' fef r ma . ng M im e the lit a-i'iuar- ' ns. p. eked upon .- phi- e for their lers for tt'.'ir oprati I.oganspoit as a like! M-hc-me and went so iar as to attempt to Pject aS mayor a man who ha pin,-, plcadr.l guilty to be ing one of tlie i r number. xhts was revealed ere today by H. if Wasson. postoi'f; e irj-p-tor. ii ; 2 a t n . who d e evidence of th ,, . inVcs dared he had istn nolitical scheme. Th(, candi ate f ; mavor referred to is . Ilt-porr who w.aj) indicted bv th fd-r.-.l grand Jury. He is at : ... ,-.y v;n,..r v,.,n i. full.iwi ng i his plea attempt d f guilty a to t'k et.'. The alf'tiun was d signed. In- ! aid. t give the gang ' , a I,p.e nana in its switiuo-s. ; Hppciho dates weie nt made pub- j lie by the federal authorities but Bliss was defeated for the democratic nomination at I.ogan.--poi t in U'V'j. The recent expose of tlie gang's operations involve 1 Ma;, .r TI dlin H. Punch and Prosec.it r Horace Murphy of Muncie. IT'S NOW UP TO U. S. SENATE f INTERNATIONAL NtiVi S irVi C E J LONDON. Juiy 2.1. Hnglani today formal!-" stands side by side with T." r- n . 1 n t.r.al 0 1-,'. 0 , 1 t ! I T A flfmHTl , , ' ,.,.. i,,,. ing unanimously pa.-sed the Angloinv h -n it o- ri. I I ill 11 Uta., -

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l" V 7 , ; American International 2 v2 to 111. Mexsenate to adopt ratification nifaames : RUL , - , ,., . ...... j , ..i ican Petroleum over 2 points to 13,'-; to make the "triple defensive alliance , V1 , . . . ,.. , . I Sinclair Oil 2 points to 63-,; Pan Amcrcomplete. .., r,.riv. i ,,Ir. tr. 114:

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An attempt to Interject the Irish j INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI quesion in the debste failed. j NORTH VHP NO N, Ind.. July 23. InThe proposed trial c f the rx-kaiser complete returns from yesterday's elccwas also brought up which led the j ti.n on the removal of the Jennings

premier to say, in reply to a query that he knew of no neutral country that wantel to be the scat of the trial. RETURNED SOLDIER FILES SUIT f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 FRANKFOP.T. Ind. July 23. Charging that he was virtually forced into wedding Constance Taylor. English girl, while lying in a hospital r.orar Liverpool England, more than a year ago. Jesse L. Cox, a returned soldier, has filed su t for an annulment ef the marriage. He denies he is the father of her child.

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He Had Ninety Gallons of Wine With Him in One of Mr. Ford's Lizzies. Laboring along: with is cargo of ?fl ; pallons of wine, an old 1-Vrd delivery truck of the light clos-d type attract-' ed tiie attention of Hammond motor-! cycle cops on Calumet boulevard , Tuesday evening. Guy IVske. 312 Mon-, roe street. Gary, was at the wheel j and stopped promptly when the officer hailed him. It was one of the easiest f.iuls the cop ever made. j lil V MCE AUDI T IT. Guy was very aceomniodatinff and ; uturly ignored the very best chance a man could have to escape. Another , machine which had been accompany- j ir.tr hir.i raced away when the truck' i was stepped so the officers started aftrr it. Tliev oyertook it in a short ; j time but found nothing- out of the way. ' In the meantime Pesko could easily ; have dumped his load into fhe lake ! j or could have turned and raced for 1 the state line but it seems that lie ; I took it for granted that he had fooled ! the cops when they let him go. lbJ came chugging along with his load I and seemed surprised when stopped I the second time by the police. CitY QllTE A tlltlOSITY. This mornine; Psko said lie wouU j-et the $500 bond and a lawyer and ' in the meantime Is being held at the Hammond station. His is the first 1 real booze running case to be handled i by the police tince prohibition became i effective. Tesko says the dealer who ! fold it, to him tMd. hi in there was no ! alcohol in ti rvir ut the revenue stamps on-'frie vnd a different story. f the barrels fit AHDSTS iThe Death Quartett3 WiU Be Brought rom btate i I Penitentiary to Criminal Court. f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE; T.OWX I'OINT. Inl. July 23 T"rlinir.fi tn argue the motion tn set aside the judgment in the dfath sentence of the four Toiloston bntik bandits unless tlcir clients were j.res.ent, lawyers for tlie men filed a petition asking that the bodies of the men be brought into court during the hearing. Judge Smith granted the petition and ordered Sheriff Parnes to bring the four highway rlrates from Michigan I'lty prison t i 'row n Point and have t l.ee. in court all nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Sheriff Parne:. will go to Michigan City tonight. Attorney Parrow whose presence In the case has been eagerly anticipated by the court fans did n n put in an appearance today. Attorney Hershman. his associate, filed the. petition. It is said that burrow will only npP ar in the case in ;m advisory capacity and that NKW YOKK, July 2C. 1 he stoiK market opened strong today. Opening gains o fl to 6 points wre recorded. V S. Steel common rose nearly 1 point to i H0. while Crucible showed a gam of' over points at Locomotive was ,1, 14ina and Pallwin higher at 114'i. , .. .. 4,. tfl i &c utnerii i -i- it e. -s iu i : it (111 i e . w . ' . . . ' - - - . - - and Freeport Texas 3 points to COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL county court house from Vernon to t Xorth Vernon give the. removali.sts six-iv-one per cent of the vote or more than enough to cause removal of the county rcat. ! SNAKE BITE MAY PROVE FATAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! SETMOl'R. Ind.. July 2lt Parle Mitchell. Jackson county farm"!-, is in a serious condition today sn a result of a bite by a copperhead snake. Keco . -ery i doubtful

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Liberty Wheel Co., of Indiana Selects Hammond As Site of New Plant. Indicating in a measure the great j era of development which the Calumet: j-ejrion 1$ entering upon, comes the an-j i nouncemeni mat. me lioerty (ar neei Co.. of Indiana, has selected Hammond: us the site for one of its largest plants, j A deal has been closed w hereby the ! company becomes owner of one of fhe j finest factory sites tn the r- ion, a tract j of twent v-wvn snl one-half acres In i i the north part of the city, formerly held by the East chi-afc-o comrnny. .I hca'h'dT v!in? "f I A frrou; cnpitfiiis J Chicago, have put -hised this site, s'.l j - oday slatted the construct km of a large I I manufacturing- pltnt tunt will employ, j over S00 men when in full operation. j I Showing unbounded confidence not i alone in the outlook for the country's continued prosperity, but also recognlz - ing the Jacnities wnicn iiammona oifers. -.Mr. Joyce atw n. a.--oiuie do- i .,t.,l Hmt Hammond was the place to locate this riant. The Piberty Car Wheel company's ' Kite, will exten.l from the north bound- ; ary of the Illinois Car & Kquipment i Cn.'s site, all the way to where the InI diana Harbor Jjelt Py. nd the I'ennsyl- . i ania P.. P.- intersect each other r.ear Pong las .park. They hao a frontage along the Indiana Harbor Pelt R. Ii . of ' nearly a half mile. This particular rdte. i has the finest sw itching facilities obtain-' i able ami the, railroad facilities had a ! great deal to d i In the selection of: Hammond ns (heir new home. They I will receive large consignments of ore i j and strap iron and this will be conj verted through their furnaces by a new t i and improed process, into cast lronj it i 1 - h Th,. '.i,.- nnlv o. Mack nwnv from the. Hammond. Whiting and Fast Chicago lllrctrii; K.. and a sort distance j fmm the suhurh.iii stop ef the Pennsy!-( vmiia H. Ii.. so this will provide trans-j I.ortalion for th. ir employers in Ham-j month South "n:c:igo. X.ast It !'- go. Whiting and Robertsdn lc To a vt rv great et- nt the credit for locating tl is industry ii Hammond is due to p. H. .Ioce the president o'" thcompany. Mr. ,l.wr is one of the Calumet district's "'"h.av'ey S'-hwabs." He believes in action and usually gets it. (Continued" page six.) SCHOOL BIDS ( POSTPONED ' rspECI'L TO T-'E TlVEl WHITING. Inl. July 23. X. S. Spencer and Son, the Chicago architects and el. H. Hfskins. secretary e,f the Whiting F.oar 1 of ducat.un. have announced that owing to labor diffi culties in the Chicago district it has l.een necessary to discontinue the seeking of bids for Whiting's newschool building and tlie bidding will fcj -postponed to a f.iture date. NEW OIL WELL IN WASHINGTON ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' AVASHINGTON. Ind.. July -3. f ort y-ba rrt l-n-day oil prtiuct ion is reported from the newly drill-d well on the Kavanaueli b ase t Eastern Pae.i:5 county. ENGLISH CABINE I A. DISCUSSES LABOR H1TrlNTIONl N LONDON. July 23 an important scs -on we SERVICE t Tin: cabinet today to di.TU.--s the industrial situation. It was reported that Premier Lloyd ro-o-Le would c r.fer w th off'Cials of the striking coal miners this aft. rnoon m an attempt to pave lr.e way , for a pett ;err.ert,-

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v.. K V ' THIRTY LIVES LOST IN SHIP COLLISION (By Exclusive CaV.e to the I. N. S. from the London Dally ExpieES.) HELINGFORS, July 23. Two British mine sweepers collided with mines off the Esthonian coast and one was sunk, according ! to word reaching here today. It is estimated that 30 lives were lost. CALLED THEM MURDERERS f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE1 MT. CLEMENS,. Mich., July 23. ; T r -p j JOHU XV. lw, - executive, was a witness for the , , , -p -r-- j defense today m the Tribune-Ford trial. t- , , . j . -iC icsiu..cu L.iav xwi "jhe word murderer should be Embroidered on the chests of all soldiers. .. -f wh;ch soldiers? --" I J inquired counsel. "No qualifications," said Lee. j biatements xndt r.C uuu j jjarne men f0r avoiding military ! Service. tP.at tne naVV snouiU uc; I tUe armv disbanded " I SUIlk tM army lSDanUCU and Similar uucidin.':s wcic aij t ;buted to Ford by the witness, lil utt w ill" ti it

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, -n . . ., . , .....r- rrn...-. ; Proposal in the I ndiana - Illinois attempt! to adjust rate? as arid,- 1 to live stock and racking house product-.. They pro - posed to agr e to an ad lition of IS per cent to the Illinois rat is which were In t feet prior to tho 25 j ,-r out increase! filed by the railroad ..lminisf rat ion and j t h.-n to i.icrease th.- r-.'uHar.t rate 2," 1 c. iit, making a total increase ni i slight iy more than 15 per pr sent rates. Indiana shippers compb ran of tli- i r case at n ,c witnesses wore -xpeetvd afternoon. Iiidian.i will rtomorrow. cent over the 'ed tlydr first ' t and Illinois j - fy this t ':if.-- its case LOPS OFF 37 MILLION. "INTERNATIONAL NTWS SEPV1CEJ INDIANAPOLIS. Intl.. Jui 23. More than jnT.O'TO.cer, u-,s .. t ;i loppc-.l o:f the original pl-iations of corporations over which the r-t-i'e h -arl of tax Commissioui 1 has -e.e j . ! i.- d iCt it ci. One l.unared an-l thirty-nine of 2.2SS j corporations i infected. A ssc-sse d I y th-; board are a re-Milt of revaluations the original aggregate- assessment ot ? l'l l.-iC 1 .f" is reduced slightly more than three and one-half per cent. Errors in calculation w re givn as the t 1 reason for t nangt s. REPUBLIC CLOSES AT MUNCIE ! IN-RNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE i Mt'XClE, laT.. July 23. Toe i.-pullie Iron & Sie, I Nut P-.lt '."o.'s plant l. re was t-l-'Soi follow ii.g the walkout of 10 e mrii who struck for a !!at fit-.li'-hour day instead of ten. a Hat increase in day wages of tv.ontv per c p.t, and .-t:i increase cf t -n per c-nt on pices work. The company's counter proposal of feji , i hours piv ft r dirht h -urs work ami time 1 1 .,,,,1 , ir.if 0..,- ,,-.,-vl,e .. r. f:i..,l '' ,. . " T he-rc was io tji-o Mior. ; i Times news service is -.ne best j tat mor.ev can buy ,-1 V. -,et t-n-iect effort can furnish.

!i-it.r(Pil!C'pii n t r,r - rtviv.ti - CHICAGO. July 23. Illinois packers i coul(1 not he rescued. There was no Inprpared today to IT.-s.-nt compromise I f. t,!;fli nnA ,t ls id

Street Cars Will Be Allowed to Increase Fare to Six Cents. flNTERNATIONAL NEWS SERV1CE1 CHICAGO, July 23. As a basis for averting the threatened strike of surface and elevated street railway employes in Chicago, executives of the railway lines and members of the state public utilities commission have decided to submit the following proposals to the employes, it became known today: Wagre incrases of 14 cents an hour, making the minimum wage 62 cents nit hour instead of the present scale of IS cents. SUGGEST 9 HOUR SAY. I A nine hour day. instead of ten hours. es at present, with time and a half for over time. If these proposals are accepted th" xhir fare to six cents and the eVvated roads to seven cents to care for the wage increases. The original demands of the carmen were 83 cents an hour, an cigrht holi day and time and a half, for ov.r-l 'ir. -. BRIDGE IS IN Just as there is a blsf Investigation going on in the "blimp" horror in Chicago after it Is over. Just so there w!H be one In Hammond one of these days Numerous complaints are being made about the condition of the Hohman street bridge In Hammond. Frejuent calls are received by the police from people who have been bothered by misplaced planks or who narrowly escaped falling through some of the holes. "Some of these days, a Ford is going to drop right Into the river through one of those cracks." said one man yesterday. The county commissioners had prom ised to give the bridge a new creosot Mock flooring but otner but other matter i crowded ahead of the Job so there is j ro knowln g when they will get to It. In order to anora saieiy u wa? "-onrd at the last meeting of te city I council to go ahead and give th j bridge a plank floor but as yet n"th- , lr.g- has been done. FIRE ON WEBB STREET Fire destroyed the garage at th rear of the Mrs. Peter Crumpacker home on Webb street this afternoon An automobile belonging to Harry . . y , . I . V. - V- . . 1 1 X - rr .,, ai .lonnso-.i iaa ill Wit5 i'j.i-i,., - i Mr. Johnscn Had anowea me poi.rj on j his car to lapse. j ! TJTTT? CLT . A T "Wrn'P'P ONLY B. V. D.'S I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., July 23. Twn srjuads of police scoured the east sld-) of the -it : t otia v search for "thinly clad," tne P. V. P. burglar. From 2:30 this morning call after call cam to police headquarters from famillv j distil-bed by a burglar variously d j scribed as attired in light clothing j light umlerch ithing find sans B. V, I TVs. The burglar s haul also wer ' light. Senrehers were unable to casi 'any li.gh.t en his identity MCNe'ii-:, Ind.. July 23 Four hun- ! Irfd strikers In the Republic Iron ant Steel Co.'s plant here who demar.dee 20 percent increase in day wages an 10 percent increase in piece work fir, an eight hour day. today voted to return to work when offered lo perer-r,-raise in day wages ar.d "Ji percent rr piece work and won an eight hour da instead of ten. HE UPHOLDS WAR TIME DRY ACT INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NEW YoRK. July 23. The constitutionality of the war-time prohibition t t was upheld today by United Sta'--.' Judge Thomas I. Chntfleld. who. sitting recently in New Haven, Conn., in plae of Fed- ral Judge Edwin S. Thomas, heard a test case brought by the lirju -r dealers association of Connect i-ti:, through Stephen A. Miner. FEDERATION IS FOR SOVIET i J INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! MINNEAPOLIS. Mmn. J;il 23. To I ... ,. , , . j Minesota 1-o-detat ion L.-ibcr. in ; sion at New Pirn, is on record i with an indorsement of the soviet (rtirr.cnt of Kus.-ia. Tne I ederat ion ernT.cnt of Rus.-ia. Tne I" ride-U to postpone f.ir one year an:. ' tion concerning the league i-f n-t iciu.

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